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  • 51drunkard — /drung keuhrd/, n. a person who is habitually or frequently drunk. [1400 50; late ME; see DRUNK, ARD] Syn. toper, sot, tippler, drinker. DRUNKARD and INEBRIATE are terms for a person who drinks hard liquors habitually. DRUNKARD connotes willful… …

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  • 52Care of the Poor by the Church —     Care of the Poor by the Church     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Care of the Poor by the Church     I. OBJECTS, HISTORY, AND ORGANIZATION     A. The care of the poor is a branch of charity. In the narrow sense charity means any exercise of mercy… …

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  • 53drunk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. intoxicated, tipsy. n. drunkard, sot, alcoholic. See drinking. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. intoxicated, inebriated, drunken, tipsy, befuddled, muddled, overcome, under the influence, flushed,… …

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  • 54intoxicate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. inebriate, [befuddle; exalt, elate, overjoy; poison. See drinking, excitement. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make drunk] Syn. inebriate, befuddle, muddle, drug, dope up, make tipsy, go to one s head*; see …

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  • 55sot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. drunkard (see drinking). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. alcoholic, inebriate, drunk; see drunkard . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. drunkard, drunk, *wino, *rummy, alcoholic, *boozer, drinker, *barfly,… …

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  • 56sober — [13] Sober comes via Old French sobre from Latin sōbrius ‘not drunk’. This was the opposite of ēbrius ‘drunk’ (source of French ivre ‘drunk’ and English inebriate [15]), but where ēbrius came from, and precisely what connection the presumably… …

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  • 57inebriated — (adj.) drunken, c.1600, pp. adjective from INEBRIATE (Cf. inebriate) …

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  • 58inebriation — (n.) 1520s, from L.L. inebriationem (nom. inebriatio), noun of action from pp. stem of inebriare (see INEBRIATE (Cf. inebriate)) …

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  • 59drunk — 1. adjective he was so drunk he couldn t stand up Syn: intoxicated, inebriated, inebriate, impaired, drunken, tipsy, under the influence; informal plastered, smashed, bombed, sloshed, sozzled, sauced, lubricated, well oiled, wrecked, juiced,… …

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  • 60drunk — adj 1. intoxicated, inebriated, inebriate, inebrious, bibacious, crapulent, crapulous; drunken, sodden, besotted, sotted, sottish, awash, Literary. in one s cups; under the weather; saturated, soused, full, Scot. fou; tipsy, grogged, Archaic.… …

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